at risk of sounding like your mum and pulling a cats bum face 
im a bit shocked. Ive seen reference to drugs and recreational drug use on here before, and while i love the diversity of mn, im always quite shocked at what seems to be a majority? view that recreational drugs are just part of life, that its ok because 'professionals' do it too, that its not the same to be seen to use cocaine at the weekend as it is to be a shoplifter or prostitute with an addiction to herioin....
is it just that no one sees the murkier side of drug use?
i suppose i see the darker side because of what i do for a living, but even before that, i would never have been tempted to try. There are the wider issues with production, trafficking, crime, gangs, and the environmental issues in production
just one such story here
my brother was a heroin addict, and i lost my sister to drugs, one way or another, i believe drug use contributed to her death. Seriously, most the crime i deal with is in some way drug related. Two weeks ago i was involved in an attempted murder over cocaine and cannabis supply.
i am not some rabid campaigner, but this is mumsnet - are most of us parents? i find it odd that people can froth about the small stuff, that people get pilloried for some really bizarre stuff on here while threads about drug use get a fairly "meh" response. (yes its a thread inspired by the coke using teachers assistant....)
why is that? genuinely interested to explore why coke use is seen as ok, and wonder what is not ok?
if its ok for the TA to use coke at the weekend, is it ok for them to smoke crack? or use heroin? doctors were mentioned on the last thread....would you undergo an operation knowing your doctor or surgeon had used coke? or smoked cannabis?
if its just part of life, where would you draw the line?
do people not realise what it takes to get that gram of coke at the pub at the weekend?
AIBU?
to be a little shocked at the laissez faire attitude to drugs on here?
ThatVikRinA22 · 03/10/2012 13:13
"the most that could be suggested was that CdA suggested to someone else they could lie"
Yes, when we are talking about potentially saving the life of your child. If the only worry is that she might then be promiscuous, tell her it is some other vaccine.
Really, I don't think this is a shocking thing to say.
When DD is in her teens, I will tell her about other infections that have terrible outcomes (plan to start with pictures of genital warts 
). Along with the general education & morals I plan to give her until then, I don't think she will be promiscuous just because she is protected against cervical cancer.
amillion - Quote the post which you think I "admit to lying in some circumstances", or admit yourself that you misunderstood what I said there. Unless, of course, your misrepresentation on this thread was intentional.
Just please stop insinuating that there is a post on that thread that says I have lied about vaccines or some such. Dishonestly is not a trait you want to be known by on MN. And you will, even if you have been here for only a couple of months.
Since you have said on this thread that you would be "delighted" if anyone links to your previous threads, trust me when I say that I will have no problem to linking to this one whenever we meet on a future thread. (You are welcome )
I really think you should acknowledge your mistake and apologise.
You have too much time on your hands 
There, people were talking about wanting to give their DDs the cervical cancer vaccine but fearing that this would encourage promiscuity in their DDs in their teens. I said if that is their fear, they can always not tell their DDs what the vaccine is, for surely preventing cancer is much more important than telling children the absolute 100% truth about every medical procedure you do for their benefit.
It is a gross misrepresentation to present that as "admits on a thread to lying in some circumstances" 
. My DD is only 7, so I haven't even thought about what to do about the Gardasil vaccine yet and certainly haven't lied to her except to tell her that green vegetables make her hair grow long and shiny like a princess'.
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